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The BBC Academy Podcast
Essential listening for the broadcast production, journalism and technology communities. Your guide to everything from editorial and craft skills to taking your next step in the industry. Practical advice on all aspects of TV, radio, journalism.
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328 EpisodenMinipods – Smartphone journalism episode five: Audio
Everything from mics and cables to acoustics and technique, BBC Academy Trainer, Marc Settle, shares advice on how to get that perfect recording every...
Minipods – Smartphone journalism episode four: Video part 2
Lighting, stability and zooming are the focus for BBC Academy trainer, Marc Settle. There’s more to filming great video than just pointing and shootin...
Minipods – Smartphone journalism episode three: Video part 1
From frame rate, file size and aspect ratio to audio and accessories, before you start the camera rolling, make sure you’re properly prepared. BBC Aca...
Minipods – Smartphone journalism episode two: Photos
Covering focus, exposure, composition and much more, BBC Academy expert Marc Settle shares his tips and tricks for the perfect picture.
Dur: 22’...
Minipods – Smartphone journalism episode one: Settings
From battery, storage and connectivity to accessories and apps, be sure to get the most out of your smartphone by setting it up properly. BBC Academy...
Podcastology episode fifteen: Is video the new audio?
As large percentages of younger audiences come to podcasts via YouTube, we ask, is video the new audio?
The line between video and podcasts ha...
Podcastology episode sixteen: New formats, new voices
In this episode of Podcastology, we’ll discover some of the ground-breaking new formats pushing the boundaries of what podcasts can do. Often, these i...
Podcastology episode fourteen: How to win an award
What are the magic ingredients judges are looking for - and do they even exist?? Well, yes, according to awards judges. But how do you quantify them?...
Podcastology episode thirteen: Going local
This sounds like a contradiction - after all, you can listen to podcasts anywhere, and the most successful podcasts have a universal appeal. But, all...
Podcastology episode twelve: Future directions
We’ll look at where the medium is now, and where we think it's headed. We consider the future of podcasting, and what's coming next. What does the gro...
Vicarious trauma in journalism and the media
This podcast tackles sensitive and distressing subject matter, including discussion about extremist groups, suicide bombings, chemical attacks and tra...
Peer support: Opening up about mental health
When our mental health is fragile at work it can often be difficult to know who to talk to, where to get help or just find someone to listen without j...
The menopause: How you can support colleagues
How comfortable are you talking about the menopause at work?
Given that 70% of those going through menopausal changes are employed and one in t...
Minipods – Interviewing episode six: Audience
Never forget your audience is there. On occasion you can use them to your advantage to challenge the position of an interviewee. In this minipod, BBC...
Minipods – Interviewing episode five: Layers
Forensic listening allows you to respond to your interviewees’ questions and delve deeper into the story, peeling back the layers of an argument as yo...
Minipods – Interviewing episode four: Answers
If you’ve done your research the chances are that you’ll already have a rough idea of what your interviewee is going to say. In this minipod, BBC TV a...
Minipods – Interviewing episode three: Questions
A confident interviewer needn’t ask long questions. Be curious and wear your knowledge lightly. In this minipod BBC TV and Radio Presenter and Academy...
Minipods – Interviewing episode two: Listening
Pay attention! Listening really carefully to your interviewee can give you the clues you need to unlock whole new areas for discussion. BBC TV and Rad...
Minipods – Interviewing episode one: Focus
Want to be a more confident interviewer and get the best from your interviewees? BBC TV and Radio Presenter and Academy Interviewing coach, Julian Wor...
Minipods - Audio storytelling episode five: Writing
Good writing connects you to your listeners, grabs their attention and makes them remember your story.
BBC Academy trainer, Sam Upton, shares s...
Minipods - Audio storytelling episode four: The stand up
Let your listener experience what’s happening, as it happens, and give extra magic to your storytelling with a stand-up.
Academy trainer, Sam U...
Minipods - Audio storytelling episode three: Sense of place
When you’re tell a story on location, do all you can to take your listener with you.
In this minipod, BBC Academy trainer, Sam Upton, shares tip...
Minipods - Audio storytelling episode two: Using sound
If you don’t use sound to help tell your audio story you make it easier for your listener to “tune out”.
Sound can give detail, create atmosphe...
Minipods - Audio storytelling episode one: Planning
Want to bring stardust to your audio storytelling?
In this minipod BBC Academy trainer Sam Upton shares some insider tricks and tips that'll he...
Podcastology episode eleven: Thinking strategy
How audience insights can guide your podcast planning
Podcastology episode ten: From mic to ear
The backstage technical wizardry that brings your podcast to your ear
Podcastology episode nine: Political pods
How to talk about politics – and entertain as well
Podcastology episode six: Future directions
Eli Sessions talks to Louise Kattenhorn, commissioning executive for the BBC pop hub network, Lloyd Shepherd, Head of Product at BBC Sounds, and Emman...
Podcastology episode seven: Unfiltered conversations
In this episode Eli Sessions finds out how to keep conversations natural, with Hannah Hufford, producer of No Country for Young Women, and Sally Heave...
Podcastology episode eight: Box sets
In this episode Eli Sessions looks at those beautifully crafted podcasts that tell dramatic stories in depth. He speaks to Rami Tzaber, the editor beh...
Podcastology episode one: What makes a podcast a hit?
In the first of a five-part series on podcasting, Miranda explains:
- what makes podcasts distinct from radio programmes
- how the role of...
Podcastology episode two: What the BBC is looking for in a podcast
In part two of our podcasting series, hear from Jason Phipps, commissioning editor for podcasts at the BBC, and Louise Kattenhorn, commissioning edito...
Podcastology episode three: How to produce a podcast
Georgia Catt is a producer in BBC radio documentaries, who has made an award-winning podcast, Missing, for the Untold series. She also produced Fortun...
Podcastology episode four: Finding an audience for your podcast
Promoting a podcast can mean anything from creating an audiogram – a clip from the podcast to promote on social media - to making other digital assets...
Podcastology episode five: Behind the scenes on two top BBC podcasts
This episode of the Podcastology series includes a discussion about You, Me and the Big C. We recorded it before the death of Rachael Bland.
Alt...
Essential kit for the field producer
What production kit should you take when producing radio content in the field?
Join BBC Academy trainer Sam Upton and newsgathering field produc...
Man Like Mobeen
BBC Three's new comedy Man Like Mobeen has made a big impact through social media. BBC Birmingham director Joe Godwin spoke to executive producer Ben...
From memoir to movie: the story behind the Boy with the Topknot
The BBC Two drama The Boy with the Topknot was based on a true story. That made the jobs of its writer, producer and director all the more complicated...
How do they make the Archers?
It's been running continuously since 1951, comes in 12 and a half minute episodes and was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk". It...
Inside daytime television: Ideas, reveals and hard work
Daytime television was once thought of as the nursery slopes of a TV career. Today its complex formats and production requirements are seen by many as...